Tiltable bed.



fm. 880,682. PATBNTEDMAR. s, 190s. f

N. c. MERRILL. TILTABLB BED.

Arruouxon- Hmm n.21 i901.

JMK s Columbia Canad UNITED' sis-Arias Pair.in-Nr ormon- NATHAN lo. MERRiLn .or 4vANoorn/'ea- BRITISH .oor-UMB'IA, GANADA.

Q 'TIL'raB'LE BED.

Nareaose.

' applicati@ hat apra 27.1907.` ,Samira 370.705.

Ie itknown that If, NA'IHAN Manning, citlzen of the United States of America, resid-y ing .at Vantouver in the Proyince of British d', have invented a new and A useful Improvement in Tiltable Bedsfoi' which the following is a specification.,

This invention 'relates to an improvement-- T e invention is particularly described inthe following.' speciiicatipn and illustrated' in.

-the drawings by Which 1t isl'accompaniedpm which.: l'

' Figure l -is a'side .elevation of .the bed'and the bracket by which it is'. attached to a Wall 4 or'panel showing-the bed in the downl or' "in use. position and `indicating by dot and dash lines the positionof the head'of' the bed .ivlier'l .up tilted, and Fig'QQ is a plan-ofthe"l same.

- I In the draWirigsQ represents theWall-or' nion pin 6 is positively located from the head,

-panel to which. the bed is attached, 3 being lthebr'ackets by Which-it is secured thereto. The frame of the bed'is represented by -of the vb ed when dou'n foruse, by 5.

' The' headof the .bed frame 4 is'supported f 1 by trim'nions in bearingsdn the brackets 3 wjhichitrunnio s 6 are 'secure-d to'or. form an" integral' .partit a light met-al head plate 7 designed `to prevent 'the pillows or bed clothes 'troniA being caught in the brackets 3 during movement. These head plates 7 are flange' at Sto support the headboard 9, and at 10 to engage theunderside of the bed framee,

'to which parts'they'may be secured by screws. By this' construction the' position of the trunand from the underside of the lied frame and the several arts are secured 1n a satisfactory manner. n a similar manner the Imounting 'of each swinging leg 5 forms a'n integral part' of a'corner'plate 1L 'secured t0 the foot of thev bed',.whioh plate is provided with iianges ,12

" `and 13 to engage respectively the foot board and sideboard o fmhefb'ed frame. t lAlthough described ist'; the foregoing are the subsidiary features; referred to 1n the Specification of Letters Patenti Patented March 3, 1.908..

tial feature of it lies in the hereinafter described by which the springs are applied'to' clirite'rbalance the Weight oli the bed. to,y lfacilitatexthe operation of raising. and loweringit.- ."Alo'ng each'lower'sidevof'the bed'franie Within a' suitable .casing andy attached to' the 'frarn'e .toward thelfootof ythedied at '-15 are cQiLsp'rings 16, to tlieiree endf-of'eachl 'of Whichfisattached a wire ro e oroth'cr iexi ble connection 17,Which asses. through theJl head boardl 9 between 4.two grooves 'sheaves'v A 18 and', passing downward' is anchored "at al vprojection 2O from' the low'er. edge of,

the l bracketB'.

The' position "Where 'the'.lexible connectiol '1 7, is anchored to the bracket Sislocat'e nearer to the vface' of the Wall 2 than the ful' 'crumf pin 'onwhich the bed turns when be ing tilted, so'that Whenthe bed is tilted the position of le ast"ter'1 sion on; the springs '16 is r .reachedbefore the vertical position of' the bed is attainedand the bed requires Itobe pushed Iuptothe ver ical and .tobe .l-atched there to re'rnainin tha `posit-ion. f The object of .this is vlthat ivhenthe bed is in the vertical' -position it' willf have an initial tendency. to 4fall outward from the Wall' when unla'tched` and bring it morev conveniently. Within reach i4 of the'person lowering it.. and the swinging legs vhictl support thefoot` wire rope 17 throughan aperture inthe probedand bedding.

` The adyan-tages 7Which' I tures of constructionrevaled inthe Jforego.-

ectio'n 2.0' and thereafter to secure it .to the racket 3 bya clip so thatthe adjustment of the tension of' the springs l'vmay convenJ iently 'be .regulated.'to suitthe Weight of the .4

aan for the. feaing description are that'the manufacture of 1 the beats Simplified. mi that Walrus brack- 55l preamble of this specification, v The essenq ets it is entirely .self-contained requiring no attachment of, springs etc. to the Wall or panel to ,which it is attached; and the Weight ofgthe'b'ed may be so counterbalanced that a very slight edort is necessary to uptilt itand When'r'equired fonuse as soon as it is unlatched it Will drop easily-toward the doWnW'a'lld position into the handsof the person lowering it .being checked'in such doWn- Ward movement Iby the increasing re'sistance of thesprings.A

:'Havingnow' particularly described myV 1n.

vention and the manner of its use I hereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to be rotected in by Letters Patent,.is

' 1 n a tiltable bed, a wall onpanel, brackets projecting therefrom, a bed frame pivotally mounted on said 'brackets, means for counterbalancing said bed frame, said means comprising springs secured to the bed a'bed frame, brackets secured to a wall or' panel in which the bed frame is pivotally mounted, springs secured in the bed frame, a

in the head of the frame, flexible connec-A pair of adjacent 'anti-friction rollers carried tions from the springs vthrough the head of the bed between the anti-friction rollers and secured to the brackets at their lower part," at a point 4nearer the wall than the anti-friction rollers when the bed is in an 11p-ended.

position, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

` v3. In a tiltable bed, 'brackets projecting from a wall or panel, said bed including a bed frame pivotalljT mounted in said brackets, means for counter-balancingsaid bed,

vsaid means, comprising springsextending lengthwise within the bed frame and secured l to the end of the bed frame further from the pivotal support, a flexible connection from the free end of the spring through the head of the bed and -secured to the bracket adjacent to the position of the head of the bed frame when the 'same is in an up-ended lposition against the wall, but at a distance4 from the wall less than the distance from the wall to the pivotal axis of the bed, and means at the head of the bed for cooperating with said flexible connections to engage the same at a point further from the wall than the point 'at which the flexible connection is secured to the bracket substantially as shown' and for the purposes described;

' 4. In a tiltable bed, brackets projecting* ed, said brackets bein from 'a wall or panel, said bed including a bed frame pivotally mounted in said brackets, means for counter-balancing said bed,

said means comprising springs extending lengthwise Within the b ed frame and secured to the end of the bed frame further from the pivotal support, a flexible'connection from the free end of the spring through the head of the bed and lsecured to the bracket adjacent to the position of -the head of the'bed frame when the same is in an up-ended position against the wall, but at a distance from the wall less than the distance from the wall to thepi'votal axis of the bed, means at the head of t e bed for coperating with said flexible.

connections to 'engage'the same at a point farther 'from the wall than the point at which the ilexible connection is secured to the bracket, a plate secured to each side meniber of the bed frame toward the end opposite 'its-pivotal support, said plates having .brackets to support the underside of the side frames, and a footmember and legs pivx otally mounted on the side plates, substantially as. shown and described.

5. In a tiltable bed, a bed frame, brackets on which said bed frame'is pivotally mountadapted to be secured to a wall or pane means for counterbalancing saidbed, said means comprising springs secured to the -bed frame, and ilexible connections from the springs through the head' end of the bed and fastened to the supporting bracket, at a point that is passed by the point where'the connection passes through the head of the bedframe whereb)v an initial tendency is given the upper end of the bed from the panel or wall to facilitate the lowering and. conversely to oppose a check atthe upper limit of the bed's position,

substantially as shown and vfor the purposes described.

In testimonywhereof lI have signed my name to this specification in the preseucnf two subscribing witnesses.

NATHAN o. MERRILL. i

Witnesses:

RowLAND BRiTTAiN, CLIVE S, CARMAN. 

